St. Petersburg, Florida -- Wildlife officials removed a manatee that found its way into a St. Petersburg bayou.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission set up nets to help wrangle the sea cow. The small pond, just northeast of Clam Bayou, is out of the manatee's habitat, but the animal is uninjured.

The quick-moving manatee seemed to test the team, who were outsmarted a few times throughout the morning.

Tarpon Springs, Florida -- FWC officials say a Largo man died after he reportedly jumped off his 27-foot boat Tuesday afternoon north of Three Rooker Island to save his dog which fell, or jumped, overboard.

FWC officials say after an extensive search Isam Rizkallah's body was found floating in the water. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Coast Guard officials say watchstanders were notified by a good Samaritan who reported seeing the man jump into the water and not resurface.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) - The C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center is one of eight facilities in the region requiring further review as the result of a nationwide audit of Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Treasure Island, Florida — Sections of beach all along the Gulf Coast are set to be blocked off just as summer beach season gets underway.

It's set to start in just a few weeks. There will be bulldozers, pipes and 24/7 workdays with hundreds of feet of beach off limits. The project to pump sand onto the shore to protect the coastline starts in Treasure Island and will move day by day down the coast where it will end at Pass-A-Grille Beach.